Houston Wedding Photographer - D. Jones Photography - David Jones & Laura Burlton - (713) 521-1550

Houston Center for Photography - 2010 Print Auction

This past Thursday Laura was asked to document the Houston Center for Photography fine print auction. Over 80 pieces of fine art photography were donated to the center and auctioned off by the very entertaining Rick Wester of Rick Wester Fine Art in New York. The auction is HCP's biggest fund raiser of the year and 100% of the proceeds go to support exhibitions, outreach programs, educational initiatives and the publication of their award-winning SPOT magazine. I am pleased to say this year they met their goal and raised over $80,000!

Artists that donated prints this include  Rocky Schenk, Keith Carter, Michael Mazzeo, Will Michels, Amy Blakemore, Susan Burnstine, Fred Baldwin and Wendy Watriss and many other established and mid-career artists.

The auction was held for a third year in a row at the Junior League of Houston and floral decoration was provided by Bergner and Johnson.

Clara's maternity session

Laura first met Clara through a friend when she was looking to have maternity portraits done a few years back. We also created some newborn photos of baby Michael as well. Then Clara and Ian moved overseas for a while. We received a call from them a few weeks ago, that they were about ready to have another baby and would like another maternity session, so we were happy to oblige. Can't wait to see the new baby!

Stacey's bridal session

Once again Laura got the opportunity to travel to Round Top, TX to create these wonderful bridal portraits for Stacey at Festival Hill . We had to hold off on sharing these till the wedding so feel free to enjoy!

Other entries associated with this client:

Stacey + James engagement

Stacey + James wedding

Events In Bloom - Houston Bridal Extravaganza January 2010

Laura got to go play at the Bridal Extravaganza and take photos for Rob and jesus over at Events in Bloom. These guys always create the most amazing displays! This time around they had got a whole lot of new furniture and linens and of course they were showcasing the truly innovative floral design. New this year were some mirrored display cubes, swanky whiter leather chairs, some 60's inspired wire barstools, curved suede banquets and some swanky new lounge furniture, not to mention the sparkly silver ball chandeliers. So awesome!

Melissa + Jeff wedding

Melissa and Jeff are such a cool couple. She is a teacher and he is a musican and you can really tell they dig each other big time. 

I (Laura here) first met them when Melissa and I were in a photography class together a while back at Glassell. I knew her wedding would be awesome because she is such a creative person.

The ceremony and reception were held at The Gallery in the Galleria area and the ceremony was presided over by Melissa's aunt who came in from New Jersey. In fact, they had family and friends come down from all over the country.

Photobooth - Say Cheese

Thanks so much for having us be a part of your special day!

Fried Ice Cream at House of Blues Houston

This past Friday night Laura got to go play backstage and all around the House of Blues to take photos for Fried Ice Cream, a variety band we work with on a regular basis. It was pretty exciting, let me tell you. Not only are they a great band, but just the thought of all of the really awesome performers that have and will share that stage is just jaw dropping. 

 

Imagine That! Westin Oaks

We were recently asked by Buffy Scott of Imagine That! to document her set up for a holiday party she designed at the Westin Oaks Galleria. The party had a James Bond theme going on, think "Casino Royale," and she did a fantastic job on setting the scene. She had all of these fabulous cut outs that she had made of spy silhouettes, that really looked great. She also painted a really cool backdrop for the guests to have a photo opportunity as they walked into the casino party. I left well before the guests started to arrive, but I can only imagine what a great party this turned out to be!

Mary's maternity session

Mary is an actress, singer and musician that I (Laura) met at an event a few months back and they had planned on doing a sort of trash the dress session.... but then Mary found out she was pregnant and we changed our plans up a bit and decided on a maternity session instead :)

Mary was a lot of fun to play with an brought along several props and meaningful items so we could get some variety. 

She has collected insect specimen for years and brought along a dragonfly and a cicada to play with.

She also brought in some flowers and I brought in my daughter's violin. The best part though was the little signs she brought in saying "danger" because this is to be her baby daughter's middle name :)

Can you imagine that, she can really say "my middle name is Danger". I just think that is awesome :)

Next up we will do some newborn portraits and then maybe, just maybe we will get to that trash the dress session.

Shanda + David engagement

Shanda and David were so much fun to hang out with. We got to knock around South Congress Ave in Austin and take lots of photos. Although it is out of town, this is one of my absolutely favorite places to hang out and I try to go out there as much as possible. I have just seen it grow and change so much since I was in high school in Austin in the 80's. Shanda and David are getting married in Austin in April and I know their wedding is going to rock because Shanda is a creative kind of gal (and an art teacher). I can't wait to take photos!

 

Stacey + James engagement

This was a truly cool enagegement session to photograph and proof of one of the reasons I love my job. I got to go out to James' family ranch in Blanco, Texas sitting on 2500 acres of prime hill country land complete with abandoned German settlements, old barns, not to mention an awesome couple and a cool dog named Paco. Stacy and James are getting married next month in Houston and I can't wait, I know it's going to be a blast.